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One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl SF brings together authors and fans for the world’s largest FREE pop-up literary extravaganza! Check out our full schedule of 60+ events below.
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SWANA Stories
Saturday October 26, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Medicine for Nightmares
The event celebrates the diverse and complex identities within SWANA, Arab, and Muslim communities. Featuring powerful stories from various backgrounds, it promotes inclusivity, challenges stereotypes, and amplifies marginalized voices to create a more positive and representative media and literary landscape.
Speakers
avatar for Justin Ebrahemi

Justin Ebrahemi

Justin Ebrahemi is a Persian American arts writer, dance marketer, and poet based in San Francisco. His personal writing explores the queer Iranian American diaspora, Jewish identity, gender expression and mental health. He recently published his second collection of poetry entitled... Read More →
avatar for Antony Fangary

Antony Fangary

Antony Fangary is a writer and visual artist living in San Francisco. He was awarded the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and is the author of HARAM (Etched Press 2019).
avatar for Sabina Khan-Ibarra

Sabina Khan-Ibarra

Sabina Khan-Ibarra is a writer, poet, and teacher. She is currently working on completing her chapbook titled 'A New Vocabulary' and her novel, 'The Poppy Flower.' Her poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction have been published in various journals like and anthologies. She... Read More →
avatar for Lama Rimawi

Lama Rimawi

Dr. Lama Rimawi is a pediatrician, author and advocate for human rights and children's health. She is a San Francisco Writer’s Grotto Rooted & Written Fellow and was recently interviewed by PBS's Judy Woodruff for her work with Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom. She is co-founder of the... Read More →
avatar for Liala Zaray

Liala Zaray

Liala Zaray holds an MFA in poetry from St. Mary’s College of California. where she was a Risk Press fellow. She has won poetry prizes from Palette Poetry, Smartish Pace and Tinderbox Poetry, in addition to others. Liala is currently working on her first collection of poems.
Saturday October 26, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Medicine for Nightmares 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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